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we don't need the government to do anything. >> right. >> we just need the government to make sure that there are no bad players. >> but, jim, for a while, we weren't -- there was a stated intention to not add to infrastructure for hydrocarbon based energy. that's where we were four years ago. we had to get completely reject that notion. do it now. >> with respect to natural gas, it's all privately funded. it's not government funded. >> right. okay. >>> we've got to run. we're going to come back shortly. when we come back, we're going to talk baseball and politics after the break. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to ameri
we don't need the government to do anything. >> right. >> we just need the government to make sure that there are no bad players. >> but, jim, for a while, we weren't -- there was a stated intention to not add to infrastructure for hydrocarbon based energy. that's where we were four years ago. we had to get completely reject that notion. do it now. >> with respect to natural gas, it's all privately funded. it's not government funded. >> right. okay. >>>...
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the government could be bigger but we have to tax people in order to have the government bigger. what do you want a smaller government? we have to balance this thing out. >> everything i here is you have to tax more just to pay off our deficit. you have to cut spending and look at the federal reserve running out of things it can continue to do. >> you don't have to pay off the deficit. nobody's ever paid off the deficit or gone -- the policy of paying off the deficit doesn't work. we pay off the deficit because you like clinton, make the economy grow so much, somehow money falls from heaven and the deficit goes away but they certainly didn't start off with a policy i'm going to pay off the deficit. nobody ever said that. >> do you think there's any scenario that someone gets elected, they do some things that make us get back to 3 to 3.5% growth which makes this a whole different picture? >> there must be a scenario. i can't lay it out but there are a lot of things that can happen. in the u.s. the dollar is low and that's a critical input. if you look at where growth has got to co
the government could be bigger but we have to tax people in order to have the government bigger. what do you want a smaller government? we have to balance this thing out. >> everything i here is you have to tax more just to pay off our deficit. you have to cut spending and look at the federal reserve running out of things it can continue to do. >> you don't have to pay off the deficit. nobody's ever paid off the deficit or gone -- the policy of paying off the deficit doesn't work....
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that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle down government would work. >> mitt romney during the debate, intrade contracts all over the place during his exchanges with president obama. and i guess we've been in the twitter world unbeknownst for me for a while. >> i can't believe you figured it out part way through. >> i was looking at blogs, trying to see what people -- whether i could get any immediate reaction to how it was going. and then i check my e-mail and it said matt mentioned you in a twitter thing. and i'm going -- and then it occurred to me, shy see what people on twitter are saying. and then i did it and it opened up the world.i should see what people on twitter are saying. and then i did it and it opened up the world. >> the one thing i decided is i don't follow enough people. i wanted even more. i follow 181 people. today i'm going to add another 100 people because i wanted more last night. >> and i never thought i would follow bill maher necessarily. and now i realize that a cutting edge comedian, even with someone he loves, h
that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle down government would work. >> mitt romney during the debate, intrade contracts all over the place during his exchanges with president obama. and i guess we've been in the twitter world unbeknownst for me for a while. >> i can't believe you figured it out part way through. >> i was looking at blogs, trying to see what people -- whether i could get any immediate reaction to how it was...
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remember, the problem is we've got these government shareholders, the british uk, british government and bae, and the eads who all wants slightly different things. we heard today from the foreign secretary william haig who explains the u.s. strategy in bae and that aligns, as well. if there was anything to dilute that in the merger, they wouldn't support it either. we've already heard it this week, over 13% of the private share holding. that they are opposed to the deal on current terms, particularly worried about solution. they also get quite a nice free cash flow from bae and a nice dividend. they're worried about that being diluted. and they don't see the logic necessarily. there's a lot of hurridles. and very quickly, we have an auction out for italy out this morning. yield does go slightly higher on the three and 12 months. slightly higher yields for italy, in the cash market, 5%, and spain, they've come back down to 5.78%, well below 6%. that's where we stand. back to you guys. >> ross, do you see this nigel dude from yesterday, the guy from the uk. >> he's fantastic. >> nigel
remember, the problem is we've got these government shareholders, the british uk, british government and bae, and the eads who all wants slightly different things. we heard today from the foreign secretary william haig who explains the u.s. strategy in bae and that aligns, as well. if there was anything to dilute that in the merger, they wouldn't support it either. we've already heard it this week, over 13% of the private share holding. that they are opposed to the deal on current terms,...
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that makes sense, good at growing government and good at being part of government but i don't know -- >> the right person in that office could do wonders for this country. >> it should be about jobs. it shouldn't be about taxes. it should be about jobs, jobs, jobs. donald trump, thank you. >> so long, so long, sam. >> bye-bye now. >>> coming up next, bill ackman's big investing idea the activist fund manager joining to us discuss where he's putting his money to work plus why he's putting pressure on p&g to get rid of the company's ceo, that interview coming up after the break. [ male announcer ] for the saver, and a big first step. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride. for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at
that makes sense, good at growing government and good at being part of government but i don't know -- >> the right person in that office could do wonders for this country. >> it should be about jobs. it shouldn't be about taxes. it should be about jobs, jobs, jobs. donald trump, thank you. >> so long, so long, sam. >> bye-bye now. >>> coming up next, bill ackman's big investing idea the activist fund manager joining to us discuss where he's putting his money to...